August 20, 2019 - Paleotronic Magazine

The Family Business: An Interview with Brøderbund Software founder Doug Carlston

August 20, 2019 paleotronic 0

Brøderbund Software Inc. was founded by brothers Doug and Gary Carlston in 1980 after Doug had written Galactic Empire, a space strategy game, on his TRS-80 (retro-trivia: many of the locations in the game have [more…]

A Tongue-In-Cheek Look Back at Broderbund’s ‘The Print Shop’

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In the early 1980s, if you wanted posters to advertise a yard sale or a party, your options were pretty limited. You could get some blank sheets of paper and some crayons or felt markers [more…]